I am staggered beyond belief that Wolves and England legend Billy Wright has not been included on the FA’s 150th anniversary celebration crest.

I didn’t see much of him live as a player, as I was too young, but his record and larger-than-life stature made every boy want to be Billy Wright as we read about his exploits in the newspapers and football magazines.

My school team, St Chad’s, played in Old Gold and Black, V-necked shirts, so I wanted to be No.5 and be a combination of Wright and Trevor Smith.

How on earth can the first man to win 100 caps and who skippered his country with such distinction, humility and dignity fail to be included along with the likes of Bobby Moore?

Wright was a man who was respected worldwide. What a record he had with Wolves and England:

* Won the First Division championship three times and was runner-up twice.

*Won the FA Cup.

* Football Writers’ Player of Year.

* Ballon d’Or runner-up.

*Member of Football League 100 legends.

*l Member of English Football Hall of Fame for his impact on the game.

* Voted Midlands’ best-ever footballer in 2007.

*Skippered England in three World Cup campaigns.

* Won 11 home championships with England, ten of them as skipper.

* Awarded the CBE.

He was the first player to marry a pop star when he wed Joy Beverley, one of the famous Beverley sisters.

He was a man who was never in the news pages of the News of The World for drug or alcohol abuse, or being seen out drunk with some half-naked floozy.

He made his debut at the age of 15 and was always on the sports pages for his brilliant displays as a dominant, no-nonsense centre-half for Wolves and England.

In fact, he was never booked or sent off in his career. During the 1950s he only missed around 30 games through injury or illness.

And, remember, he won his 105 England caps at a time when there were fewer international games played per season than there are today.

Surely the FA must reconsider their decision and include this iconic footballer in the 150th anniversary crest and it really doesn’t matter who they leave off because Wright has contributed more to this great game than almost any other footballer on the planet.

* QUITE possibly the least surprising bit of football news last week was Liverpool’s Luis Suarez admitting he dives. Well, we didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to work that one out did we? As Holmes would say to his assistant Dr Watson: It was rather elementary.

What was surprising was the reaction from his manager Brendan Rodgers and I still can’t work out if he was angry knowing that Suarez dives or angry that Suarez had admitted diving.

I wonder how referees will deal with this admission. Will they be expecting him to have dived every time he goes to ground and punish him accordingly? Or will they be more lenient and cut him some slack in fear of being accused of pre-determined views?